Tham Bo Yai [PS0110]
16.651597,100.650224
Location
Wat Wang Na is located 5.25 km south of Ban Chomphu. The cave entrance is to the south of the track to the wat. The wide entrance is at the base of a cliff and is an old resurgence.
Description
From the main entrance the wide, boulder filled passage reaches the junction with the passage from the second entrance. The way on narrows before turning left and opening out into a spacious passage which ends at mud chokes after 200 m.
Fauna
Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793) (Arthropoda, Chilopoda, Scutigeromorpha, Scutigeridae) (unpublished record) Attheyella (Canthosella) vietnamica Borutzky, 1967 (Arthropoda, Crustacea, Maxilliopoda, Harpacticoida, Canthocamptidae) (Brancelj et al. 2013) Elaphoidella intermedia Chappuis, 1931 (Arthropoda, Crustacea, Maxilliopoda, Harpacticoida, Canthocamptidae) (Watiroyram et al. 2015b)
Documents
[Topo] Tham Bo Yai 14/05/2019Bibliography 28/05/2019
- ***BRANCELJ, ANTON; BOONYANUSITH, CHAICHAT; WATIROYRAM, SANTI; SANOAMUANG, LA-ORSRI (2013) "The groundwater-dwelling fauna of South East Asiaö Journal of Limnology, Vol. 72 Supplement 2 pp327-344 +Ellis, Martin (2018c) "SMCC Thailand Expedition 2018 û Summary" report to the Ghar Pharau Foundation, 5pp +Goddard, Andy; Ellis, Martin (2018) "SMCC Expedition to Phitsanulok and Phetchabun 2018" Shepton Mallet Caving Club Journal Series 13 No. 8 pp337-360 +HEWARD, ALAN P.; SUPAMITTRA CHUENBUNCHOM; M-KEL, GERARD; MARSLAND, DAVIS; SPRING, LAURENT (2000) "Nang Nuan Oil Field, B6/27, Gulf Of Thailand: Karst Reservoirs Of Meteoric Or Deep-Burial Origin?" Petroleum Geoscience Vol. 6 No. 1 pp15-27 ***Watiroyram, Santi; Brancelj, Anton; Sanoamuang, La-orsri (2015) "Two new stygobiotic species of Elaphoidella (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida) with comments on geographical distribution and ecology of harpacticoids from caves in Thailand" Zootaxa Vol. 3919 No. 1 pp81-99
History
2009-02-22 M. Ellis, P. Collett 2018-02-14 E. Porter, J. Begley, M. Clayton, E. Sandford - surveyed cave 2019-03-21 M. Ellis, P. Collett, S. Prommawiang
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | Tham Nam Wang Na [PS0111] | 96 | 10 |
| 0.6 | Resurgence PS0096 [PS0096] | ||
| 1.5 | Khun Takhan Shrine Cave [PS0076] | 75 | 0 |
| 1.6 | Tham Khun Takhan Resurgence - PS0057 | 25 | 5 |
| 1.6 | Tham Khun Takhan - PS0091 | 75 | 0 |
| 2.3 | Tham Khang Khao - PS0041 | 4022 | 71 |
| 2.5 | Tham Dak Ga Deen Yak - PS0058 | 210 | 7 |
| 2.6 | Tham Nam Tok - PS0059 | ||
| 2.9 | Tham Huai Rai - PS0056 |